Ox-yoke fastening



w. N, LOGKWOOD.

Ox-Yoke. No. 28,384. Patented m 22, 1860'.

l l l l l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM N. LOOKYVOOD, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

OX-YOKE FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 28,384, dated May22, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. LOCK- wooo, of New Britain, Hartfordcounty, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Bow-Pinfor Securing OX- Bows to Yokes, &c.; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference thereon,making part of this specification.

Of the said drawings Figure 1 shows an end elevation of the pin wheninserted in a bow. F ig. 2 is a perspective view of the pin. Figs. 3 and4 are side elevations.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the drawings. a

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents a yoke or part of one having a hole for inserting the bowB.

C is the pin which passes through the bow.

D, is a hinged bar or horn which fastens and secures the pin to the bow.

Operation: The operation will be as follows. The bow being inserted inthe yoke, the horn D, which is hinged by a pin (a), passing through theears (I) 6,) and a portion of which rests on the spring (0), is raisedas seen in Fig. 3, and the pin inserted in the bow, and the horn pusheddown as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and forms a perfect fastening, thespring holding it permanently in place. To withdraw the pin, it is onlynecessary to raise the horn as shown in Having thus described myinvention I will state what I desire to secure by Letters Patent.

The pin C, and horn D, attached to the same stock as described, andoperating in combination with the OX bow B, as a fastening for ox yokessubstantially as set forth.

\VM. N. LOCKWOOD. [1 s] Witnesses WM. L. HUMAsoN, FRANKLIN W. BECKLEY.

